#anyway otherwise i'm glad they're trying to update things I just hope they make it accessible

[theclockworkkid]

Forgot how inaccessible Neopets is

[onlyhereforghosttrick]

A painting- or at least, a photo of one.

There's a letter attached.

Dear Makoto,

How are you?

I'm sorry you had to miss out this year.

We got a Smeargle to take a little sketch of us to send to you instead, hope this makes you feel better.

He said that it'd be better if we were all fully in frame next time, but I don't know what he meant by that... We're all there, aren't we? Regardless, though.

I do hope Aigiel's getting better... I know you haven't gotten an update in a while, but I'm sure she's fine- the girl's taken a fair few falls, and gotten up anyways.

For new additions to the group this year, though...

Ephim finally convinced Minato to tag along. (I don't know what they're doing in the photo either, but I think some part of him was enjoying it too.)

A new pair- Safira and Higashi, bottom left of it. I gave talking to them a try, and they seemed familiar somehow nice. Apparently they helped stop the natural disasters of the air continent.

There's also Feysara, the Eevee girl- that's her talking to Auren on the right. She's polite, if a bit quiet at times. I have a feeling you'll like her.

Well, hope you're doing alright, partner.

Happy New Year. I'm glad we made it this far.

With love,

Minami

Well. Happy New Year!

This post has been set to go up at sometime in the afternoon/evening of the 31st, meaning this is some of this year's last hours.

So, I'd like to thank you while I still have time.

Thank you all for everything you've done for me, for being so friendly, for caring as much as you have- I don't think I'd be here without all of you.

Now, for some more fun stuff- I don't have refs or anything but I can at least give a lowdown on the picture.

Chronoconvergence is my current idea for a collective name for my PMD stuff, likely to be replaced once I think of something better, but it stands for now. ...I am still too lazy to update tags though.

As said in the letter, Ephim the Lucario is doing ...whatever that is with Minato (Bulbasaur) on the left, with Safira (Skitty) and Higashi (Wooper) talking with Minami (Grovyle, yes, The Grovyle PMD2) right below.

Taking center stage are Everus (Fraxure) and Spark (Ninetales), my Gates team, with Ephris (Mew) hovering close by alongside Serri (Celebi, again, yes, The Celebi PMD2). also nearby is Feysara standing far off to the right

Lastly, is one that might require a bit of explanation- Auren (Dusknoir, you know the drill) talking with... Feysara, the Eevee mentioned in the letter. Just one small problem. Feysara is someone else's name.

Well, Feys (as I've effectively renamed her) is the protagonist of the fic I've been trying to write for a while now called An Empty Reflection which is also meant to serve as the opening act to a grander story called New Future's Dawn. Her story is yet to be told, but I hope to do so soon!

I want to promise when my next big thing or whatever will be but really, I'm probably gonna end up liveblogging Vivid/Stasis Chapter 5 for a bit so I might be occupied with that. As this goes up, I'm probably just finishing up what is effectively meant to be me re-familiarizing myself with the game as a whole.

But just know that writing is not abandoned, and art is not abandoned, both just planned to be pushed to the side as I write this. I'm probably at least thinking of writing by the time you're reading this, so not all hope is lost.

And as a last note... This combination of characters being alive and such is not canon, even if we all (or at least I) wished otherwise. Well, Happy New Year. It's been a hell of a ride so far and I can only hope it gets better from here.

[annbourbon]

January.

Summary:

I decided to give this a try because I love writing on my diary (I stopped a while ago but maybe I'll start again, tho I'm not going to post it here ofc.) but... I definitely feel too exposed by doing this so it's not going to happen again. I have no filter.

These weeks have been hectic to put it kindly lol

I've been sick. I made a quick recovery. Went to the hospital like, three times. Will be back to the hospital tomorrow. Another check up and study. I'm so glad it's free because otherwise idk how I would be paying for all those things.

Last week - From January 7th to January 14th

I'm so angry... and embarrassed too because I actually bought a $5 bucks green tea but it tasted like cheap boiled water or smth 😭😂

Most expensive crap ever bought. Emphasis on crap. Yeah that's the most relevant thing 🤣 ahh and...

I'm writing.

Highlights: I'm now on Ko-fi! >< so excited!! Plus, I started selling soaps and I'm definitely starting strong this year.

This week - From January 15th to 21

I'm back to my ballet classes though, and I lost some weight~ *happy dance* and I'm selling my soaps ✨😌✨ I feel like I'm achieving some kind of superpower. I'm definitely becoming the person I want to be.

... ..........

Uh... almost lol

I'm reading the Bible. I swore to never touch that book again once I went out of school (went to catholic schools during a long time) but I'm back and I'm reading it. Literature skills and all that. I was advised several times that I should read it. So I'm back to it. My parents though... 💀 they're looking at me like I grew out two heads or smth... which is funny AF. Understandable though, considering how much I'm against it.

Genesis it's kind of heavy. I have had to put it down several times to not get bored and sleep on it. Probably for the best because I would end up drooling and the Bible is too pretty for that....

I'm not used to take that long reading a book. I went through the Catholic version first because it's the one I have at my disposal but downloaded a couple of apps. One NIV skipped several things through the Genesis. So many things it pissed me off because I thought Genesis was all about people being born and living way too long like if they were vampires or something. Turns out it's because of the version I'm reading. I tried the CBS but it was insufferable. I'm sorry. Finally I went through the KJV and found myself enjoying it so much I could spend the whole day reading it.

That's when I realize I need a physical copy of it. So I'm buying one. Went through Amazon and found a pinkish Bible. I can't wait to receive it and fill it with my studies~ meanwhile I find myself... bewildered because I'm actually enjoying something I thought I would never (?) Watching it as mythological stuff is different. Even my notes are really random and funny. But I don't want to offend anyone beliefs here so I won't be posting them. I am a firm believer in the good messages that the Bible has, just not, into it as religion.

Anyways~ one of my doctors is such a hottie... I feel like I'm in middle of a KDrama around him... even my mom likes him and calls him "handsome" lol

And there's a good reason for that... he's such a sweetheart around me. 🥺 I know he's only doing his job but I can't stop liking him. He's so touchy it makes me nervous but not in a bad way... it's just new... hope he never reads this lol

Highlights: The yellow dress I asked for has arrived. Finally.

Week from 22 to 28

I'm skipping ballet classes this entire week 😭🥺 I'm back with hospital appointments. I probably won't be here long enough and won't have enough energy to write. These appointments make sure my energy is drained. Like, completely.

I'm also on a sprint to create as much soaps as possible 😉 Valentine Day here we go!!!

Highlights: The transporter for my cats has arrived!

/^♡^/ I have spent all week training them to go on walks together. Soon I'm updating with pictures ^^

Week from 29 to 4th February

I was going to take bus routes... part of me refuses to feel like it's a downgrade. I'm feeling like taking buses will enhance the feeling of an MC on a kdrama or a Ghibli character (depending on how I'm dressing up) but instead I downloaded Uber lol because I'm spoiled and I would say lazy but nope! I have time to read or study while I'm in the car. That's why I haven't learned how to ride yet.

I finished with the soaps and I'm selling them at my school. I'm already making some money with this but expecting to make some money with my stories too. Which is why I've been working so hard on this. To go back to write again while the soaps are selling themselves. And before you ever think about me making a promo on my stories, mmmm yeah i'm not sure because I'm too busy. But maaaybe?

Anyways one of my teachers stand me up this week without notice. I got really pissed because I lost money and time because of that. I never felt so bothered by something like that but now I understand what my nom was talking about being punctual and responsible. Guess I'm an adult now since I'm the one paying for the uber *sighs* my mom also got stand up by one of my classmates. And it was raining. A lot. I don't hate rain. It made me feel nostalgic, but my annoyance was huge so I didn't get to enjoy.

Highlights: Nothing really. Ohh~ we're finally buying a treadmill.

[kalikatze]

Hi <3

I'm surprisingly okay, given all the *gestures*... everything going on tbh.

I have a job that pays enough that I don't have to shop with a calculator, a partner who is caring and also adorable (AND gets on well with my level of weirdness), a friend group who's good enough at keeping in touch online that I don't feel entirely isolated, and I live in a place where getting medicated for ADHD is as easy as showing up at a Neurologist's office going "halp I might have ADHD" and after some poking, the Neurologist goes "You... have ADHD." and prescribes them. If you're lucky. And I was!

Also, I've been dying my hair unnatural colours again because who's gonna stop me? ...Currently it's a bright minty teal.

Hi hi! :D <3

I'm glad to hear it! I know pretty much no one is actually okay-okay these days, but this sounds about as good as it gets :)

I recall you telling me on discord that you got a diagnosis and medication and that it helps you immensely - i'm so glad you got this neurologist and that treatment works so well for you!

I just checked that we last really talked May 2020, and didn't really read back what all we talked about, but that means you proobably know I live on Mallorca again, but that I was reasonably stable pain-wise.. In the time since i've done a spanish course and actually achieved a C1 level, which means I have a certificate saying I am fluent *ahaha*. I've definitely improved lots, but I'm.. a ways away from actual fluency.

But I've also deteriorated slowly over the last two years so that now I'm back at.. more pain than I feel I can handle on a daily basis (granted, the mental strain from the pandemic is *not* helping, but since you can't just turn that one off..) I went and contacted my doctor. Which long story short I saw someone last week and he just went ahead and ordered *all* the tests. They're stealing my bodily fluids in a week and a half and then a week after I get to talk about the results. I'm hoping for something that can be fixed with simple medication, but we'll see. Any new knowledge would be useful to help deal with this and improve. I know it's extremely unlikely I'll ever be pain-free, but I'd like some energy and mental capacity back.

Anyway. Panic and despair about this topic have been put on hold pending further information. I'm trying to balance looking into things he's having me tested for (bc i got like.. no info on if i'm supposed to fast before the blood it taken, or when to collect the urine sample) and not obsessing about things like "what if the test for celiac is positive" (then we deal with it when we learn about it. no use fretting).

I've not really done much more than learning Spanish and knitting, the last two years. Well, I was in Germany Feb/Mar 2020 and then not for a year and a half. We went again when we were vaccinated in July 2021, and then again for Christmas, where we got the booster from my mother-in-law's neurologist (who was willing to do the paperwork to make the spanish health insurance pay for it, and update our EU-certificate; bc Spain in December still said 'not before march' for under 40s). Then, shortly before we flew back on 8.1. my father caught omicron. We were.. really lucky not to get it ourselves, and he was lucky that it only gave him a sore throat for some days but otherwise he was fine. He'd've had a booster appointment a week later..

But we made it back home, and I'm not leaving the house now :p (actually, I do. Just not terribly often and obviously masked up. Not that it would be legal not to do that.. but you wouldn't know that from looking at the people. And of course having a mask mandate for everywhere outside is not helpful when you then allow the bars and restaurants to open at full capacity and ppl to take off their masks when they eat or drink.. but that's another topic, and not one i'm allowed to linger on, mentally, bc I'll want to sleep in seven hours or so)

anfscd: Minty teal hair? *-* Can I seeeeee? (doesn't have to be public, if you prefer - you know I don't show my face in public, but pm/discord is completely different)